Official UK procurement notice
Wales Telemetry System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Natural Resources Wales (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNatural Resources Wales (NRW) are looking to replace the existing Wales Telemetry System (WTS) service with a more efficient, user friendly solution that will meet NRWs future demands, to include improved use and handling of alarms and mobile access to the solution, seeking to harmonise and simplify operational working practices.
NRW are using the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation for this procurement which includes PQQ and ITT stages. Successful bidders from the PQQ stage will be invited to tender for the full ITT. Draft tender documentation has been included for information at this stage.
CPV: Industry specific software package · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Natural Resources Wales is a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004Renewal
Natural Resources Wales is a Category 1 responder under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
Telemetry is a critical service supporting incident response and asset management by providing real-time information about the water environment and our assets. It provides key data for our flood forecasting and warning services, water resource management and for our understanding of the state of the environment.
NRW's current system was implemented in the early 2000’s and no longer meets the operational or strategic requirements of NRW. NRW are seeking a modern system that will meet both their present needs and those anticipated in the next ten years. NRW needs to balance the risk to this critical service with a move to more modern technologies.
The telemetry system is business critical, and the system architecture has been designed to ensure it is highly available, resilient and reliable. It is deployed in a duty / standby arrangement in geographically separate locations.
The user base is distributed across Wales with access required from all offices and depots. It is a key requirement that users can also access the system when working remotely, from home or on site, with mobile access increasingly important.
The existing NRW system was designed to meet the needs of Wales at that time and is based on communications technologies such as PSTN and GSM 2G analogue telephony which are due to be discontinued from 2025. The system and communications platforms must be refreshed to continue providing telemetry services which underpin:
- NRW flood forecasting and warning services, including direct alerts to some communities.
- Statutory roles such as river regulation.
- Public information such as River Levels, Rainfall and Sea data online.
- Water Company operational activities, including reservoir discharge control.
- Bathing water quality prediction and public information
- NRW operational activities involving access to rivers.
- Statutory and category 1 responder activities for our professional partners.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Quality: 80%
- Cost: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Cost: 20
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 3 May 2022, 14:46 BST
- Last source update
- 3 May 2022, 14:46 BST
- Authority reference
85974- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-011362- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0332ffFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST / COMPLETING THE PQQ i) Suppliers should register on the eTendering portal https://etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk ii) Once registered, suppliers must express their interest as follows a) login to the eTendering portal b) select 'PQQ' c) select 'PQQs Open To All Suppliers' d) access the listing relating to the contract (pqq_33277 "Wales Telemetry System" and view details e) click on 'Express Interest' button in the 'Actions' box on the left-hand side of the page iii) Once you have expressed interest, the PQQ will move to 'My PQQs', where you can download and view documents and where you can construct your reply as instructed. You must then publish your reply using the publish button. iv) For any support in submitting your expression of interest, please contact the eTendering helpdesk on 0800 0112470 or at help@bravosolution.co.uk. NOTE: The authority is using eTenderwales to carry out this procurement process. To obtain further information record your interest on Sell2Wales at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=120671 Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are: NRW are incorporating Social Value for this tender utilising the WTOMs methodology (WA Ref:120671) The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Participation fee
- document
- Bid validity
- 180 days from the deadline
Timeline
3 May 2022 → 20 Jun 2022 · 3 dates- Notice published3 May 2022, 14:46 BST
- Submission deadline6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected20 Jun 2022, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria